The Royal Australian Air Force has grounded the F-111 fleet after an engine fire prompted an emergency landing last Thursday at the Singapore Airshow. The crew reported the fire started while the F-111 performed its famous dump-and-burn trick.
Although our Air Transport editor Max Kingsley-Jones, who once vacationed on a spot that later became an F-111 crash site, had interviewed the F-111 crew two days before, there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that a charred, Flightglobal-branded microphone was found in the exhaust nozzle after the fire.
In any event, this is a great excuse to replay our F-111 video interview from the Singapore Airshow. Thanks to Alert 5 for the tip.
Although our Air Transport editor Max Kingsley-Jones, who once vacationed on a spot that later became an F-111 crash site, had interviewed the F-111 crew two days before, there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that a charred, Flightglobal-branded microphone was found in the exhaust nozzle after the fire.
In any event, this is a great excuse to replay our F-111 video interview from the Singapore Airshow. Thanks to Alert 5 for the tip.
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